U+BCF4 "보" Hangul Syllable Bo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
보
U+BCF4 "보" Hangul Syllable Bo is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul script, representing the sound "bo," which is formed by combining the consonant ㅂ (bieup) and the vowel ㅗ (o). This character is part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, which contains 11,172 precomposed syllables that cover all possible combinations of initial consonants, medial vowels, and final consonants in modern Korean. Used extensively in written Korean, "보" appears in common words such as 보고 (report) and 보다 (to see), and its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+BCF4 |
| Version Added | 2.0 |
| Name | Hangul Syllable Bo |
| Block | Hangul Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ᄇ" U+1107 Hangul Choseong Pieup "ᅩ" U+1169 Hangul Jungseong O |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 보 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 보 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEB 0xB3 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xBCF4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000BCF4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ubcf4 |